Livello Tre. lunedì, il quattro febbraio. Seconda Lezione
Level Three. Monday, February 4. Second Lesson
-Compiti (homework) is at the bottom of this page. ____________________________________________________
- -What we did in class:
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- - Presentiamoci! We introduced ourselves, and had conversations based on:
- - Com'è andata la settimana? How did the week go?
- - Cosa c'è di nuovo? What's new?
- - Che cosa hai fatto il fine settimana? What did you do on the weekend?
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- - Primo, secondo, terzo, quarto...We repeated aloud the ordinal numbers through trentunesimo (thirty first).
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- - Che cosa? Che cosa? Cosa? and Che? seem to be interchangeable, except before a noun. Before a noun, you just use "Che...?" (What...?) or "Quale...?" (Which...?)
- Che cosa stai facendo? - What are you doing? (lit: What thing are you doing?)
- Che lavoro stai facendo? - What work are you doing?
- Quale caffè ti piace? - Which cafe do you like?
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- - Superlativo assoluto. We read through our handout from last week, reading the answers in a circle, and with partners.
- Che mensa cattiva! - What a bad cafeteria!
- Hai ragione: è una mensa molto cattiva! - You're right: it's a very bad cafeteria!
- Il nonno è simpaticissimo! - Grandfather is very nice!
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- - Modal verbs in the future tense:
- Se la mamma andrà, potrò andare io. - If mom goes, I will be able to go.
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- Here's what a modal in the future would look like with a reflexive pronoun in the sentence:
- Se pioverà domani, dovrò svegliarmi presto. - If it rains tomorrow, I will have to wake up early.
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- Se pioverà domani, mi dovrò svegliare presto.
- The reflexive pronoun can be placed before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive.
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- - Parole da ricordare:
- officina - auto mechanic garage
- garage - home garage
- dal dentista - at the dentist's office
- per la neve - because of the snow
- togliere - to take off, to take away, to remove (past participle is tolto)
- Il dentista ha tolto un dente. - The dentist pulled a tooth.
- la roba - stuff, things, goods
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- - Il futuro: We listened to the dialog between Ugo and Aldo, planning their Christmas and New Year's vacations.
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- We quizzed each other on irregular conjugations in the future tense (white handout).
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- We read the yellow handout about the reasons to use the future tense in Italian:
- To make plans.
- To make promises.
- To make predictions.
- To make hypotheses:
"Avrà meno di diciotto anni." - She must be less than eighteen years old.
- "Saranno le undici." - It must be eleven o'clock.
- and, the Periodo Ipotetico:
"Se la mamma andrà, potrò andare io." - If mom goes, I will be able to go.
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- - Pronouns: We practiced where direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, and reflexive/reciprocal pronouns are placed in a sentence. They are always either before the conjugated verb (including the auxiliary in passato prossimo), or attached to the infinitive (or gerund).
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- direct object:
- Bevo un bicchiere di vino rosso.
- Ieri, l'ho bevuto. (passato prossimo)
- Domani, lo berro. (futuro)
- Oggi, lo bevo. (presente indicativo)
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- reflexive:
- Mi diverto. (presente indicativo)
- Ieri, mi sono divertita. (passato prossimo)
- Domani, mi divertirò. (futuro)
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- - Corpo umano: We used the command form to tell each other to do different things with different parts of our bodies:
- Muovete la gamba! (Muovo la gamba.)
- Alzate la mano! (Alzo la mano.)
- Abbassate gli occhi! (Abbasso gli occhi.)
- Scuotete il dito! (Scuoto il dito.)
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-Compiti (homework)
1. Memorize the first five sentences of "Claudio and Mark": it was sent to you in an email on Feb. 9.Copy it and hang it up somewhere in your house, practice it out loud so that you can memorize it by Monday night. The audio was sent to you on Feb. 6.
2. Handout (gold): il futuro. Exercises on both sides: numbers 2,3,4,6,and 8. (As you do these exercises in Italian, also try to translate them into English!)
3. Write out the conjugations (present indicative, passato prossimo, and futuro semplice) for these four verbs: rimanere, divertirsi, diventare, smettere.
diventare is regular in all three tenses, and takes essere in passato prossimo.
divertirsi is a reflexive verb which is regular in all three tenses, and all reflexive verbs take essere in passato prossimo.
rimanere is irregular in the present, irregular in the future, and has an irregular past participle, and takes essere in the passato prossimo.
smettere is conjugated like mettere. it is regular in the present and the future, and has an irregular past participle.I would also you to write out sentences to practice these verbs. Next week, you can read a few sentences in class. Write between one and three sentences for each verb. Write some of the sentences in the future tense, and look at the light-yellow handout from class to express the sense of promising or of planning or "periodo ipotetico" Se... (If)
4. Read through (at least once, or more) the top part of the white handout: "Verbi irregolari al futuro semplice". This chart gives you the infinitive and the first person futurefor each verb. Practice writing and/or saying the future conjugations of each verb.
example: essere: sarò sarai sarà. saremo sarete saranno.
- 5. Make sure to check your answers before class next time. Bring any questions you may have, or you can always phone or e-mail me: 503 246 1239 or dmeyer@teleport.com
- Questions are good!